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>page 9 Tayor, Kacey, FGL Bring Extra Musce >page 9 Makin Tracks: Rasca Fatts I Like The Sound Of That >page 13 Stark Report: Thomas Rhett Taks Pressure, Sunshine >page 14 A dozen years after Johnny

Heidi Newfied s Johnny and June, Jason Adean s Johnny Cash, George Strait s abum cut House of Cash and Rainey Quaey s current singe Me and Johnny Cash a owe an obvious debt to the Man in Back.

1 Country Update BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 1 OF 19 INSIDE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roand@biboard.com Aabama On The Boom Box, Baby And The Chart >page 4 Johnny Cash s Sunday Morning Coming Up Again In Modern Country Remembering Fan Cubhouse CEO Sharon Eaves >page 8 Rogers Retires, Strait Returns >page 9 Tayor, Kacey, FGL Bring Extra Musce >page 9 Makin Tracks: Rasca Fatts I Like The Sound Of That >page 13 Stark Report: Thomas Rhett Taks Pressure, Sunshine >page 14 A dozen years after Johnny Cash s death, he has become something of a mythica figure. Heidi Newfied s Johnny and June, Jason Adean s Johnny Cash, George Strait s abum cut House of Cash and Rainey Quaey s current singe Me and Johnny Cash a owe an obvious debt to the Man in Back. So in an era when upbeat party songs have reigned in the genre, it woudn t be out of the norm to expect songwriters who want to reference a Cash song woud turn to his rabbe-rousing Fosom Prison Bues, the devotiona pedge I Wak the Line or the cheery-sounding Ring of Fire. Instead, three songs reeased in 2015 have engaged the dour Sunday Morning Coming Down, in which a hungover singe mae ooks at the word around him and waows in oneiness. CASH It s a song of desoation, says Johnny Cash Museum founder Bi Mier. It s a song of somebody being down and out and in search of things, and it does seem out of step with what s going on in today s contemporary country music yrics. The tite made its first appearance this year in the Keith Urban/Eric Church duet Raise Em Up currenty nominated for Country Music Association (CMA) musica event of the year in the setup to a funera: Back umbreas in the pourin rain/sunday morning coming down, Amazing Grace. Urban recyced the reference in his current John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 (No. 2, Country Airpay), mentioning Sunday Morning and its author, Kris Kristofferson, amid such iconic cutura andmarks as John Wayne, Superman and Don McLean s American Pie. Then there s Michae Ray s Rea Men Love Jesus (No. 48, Country Airpay), which contrasts Saturday nights out on the town with Sunday Morning Coming Down, pointing to the compex mix of hard exterior and vunerabe sensitivity that s a hamark of a deveoped 21st-century mae. There s been a thing happening with that song, Sunday Morning Coming Down, concedes Ray, but it s because it s the truth. That s what country music is it s honesty. It s truth. Reeased during an era when the 45-rpm singe was king, Sunday Morning has a doube 45th anniversary in October. It topped the Biboard country singes chart dated Oct. 10, 1970, then earned Kristofferson song of the year honors from the CMA four days ater. It s the ony time in history that a song reached those two peaks in such a short span of time. But in some ways, its accompishments have been overshadowed by the mystique of its presentation. For starters, it has been connected to a rift between Kristofferson and management at the Coumbia Recording Studios, where he worked as a janitor. Songwriters had been banned from attending artists sessions, which prevented him from pitching songs to Cash when the Man in

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 2 OF 19 Back visited the studio. So Kristofferson according to the egend few a heicopter to Cash s home to deiver the Sunday Morning demo in person.

However, record producer-author John Carter Cash says Kristofferson disputes that story.

And Kris wi te the story right now that it was not Sunday Morning Coming Down, and that the song he gave my dad was not very good. It s become this great myth.

The singe came from an ABC taping of The Johnny Cash Show at Nashvie s Ryman Auditorium, and network censors tod Cash that one ine in the song Lord, I wish that I was stoned needed to be changed.

2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 2 OF 19 Back visited the studio. So Kristofferson according to the egend few a heicopter to Cash s home to deiver the Sunday Morning demo in person. That s true, Cash tod Musician magazine in the 1980s. He fe out of that heicopter with a beer in one hand and a tape in the other, and said, By God, I m gonna get a song to you one way or another. However, record producer-author John Carter Cash says Kristofferson disputes that story. Kris did and a heicopter in my dad s yard, gave my dad a song, and Kris was rather drunk when he did it, says John Carter. And Kris wi te the story right now that it was not Sunday Morning Coming Down, and that the song he gave my dad was not very good. It s become this great myth. But another piece of the Sunday Morning fokore is indisputabe. The singe came from an ABC taping of The Johnny Cash Show at Nashvie s Ryman Auditorium, and network censors tod Cash that one ine in the song Lord, I wish that I was stoned needed to be changed. They suggested he repace the word stoned with home. Instead, Cash sang stoned, deivering it with added emphasis whie gazing into the Ryman bacony where Kristofferson was seated. Cash was, in effect, taking a stand for artistic integrity, putting himsef on the ine in a way that impressed Kristofferson immensey. He s got that combination of [Abraham] Lincon and tota wid man, a very spiritua guy who s about to expode any moment, said Kristofferson in So the tension, I think, is what made him so powerfu onstage. The tension in Sunday Morning is part of why the song has become an idea reference point for modern country songs. Cash and Kristofferson are both iconic Country Music Ha of Fame members, and the performance itsef embraces both the bitter and the sweet. An orchestra compete with strings, a horn section and a tinky be tree provides a sense of structure, whie Cash s deep, powerfu voice ends an ominous weight to the isoation that the song s character is experiencing. It s such a persona insight into one s ife and one s emptiness, notes John Carter. And of course, my dad became known for ooking at himsef and being abe to expose himsef and not ose his dignity. This is a forerunner for a song ike Hurt where my dad coud say, This is who I am, and I m not ashamed of it, and then suddeny peope reate to it. Dad had that neary supernatura abiity to do that, and there s not many artists who can. Meanwhie, the Sunday Morning references wi ikey stop. A three of the songs that ca attention to it Raise Em Up, John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 and Rea Men Love Jesus were written before any of them appeared on the radio, so none of the writers knew that anyone ese was mentioning Sunday Morning. But now that the phrase is out there, it s no onger unique. There s a record rep we had that caed me one Sunday morning drunk from a parking ot, and he was istening to Sunday Morning Coming Down over and over again in his car, says Rea Men songwriter Brad Warren. I was ike, Man, that song means a ot to some peope. But I think we ve reached our imit on how often you can say Sunday Morning Coming Down. George Strait surprised America s Morning Show by appearing in person for a Sept. 25 guest sot instead of doing a phone interview. From eft are AMS co-hosts Ashey Figueroa and Chuck Wicks, Strait and AMS co-host Bair Garner. Jerrod Niemann hudded with WDXB Birmingham personne when he payed a show in the city. From eft are iheartmedia/aabama senior vp of programming Tom Hanrahan, iheartmedia/aabama marketing director Lacey Waker, WDXB personaity Madison, Niemann and iheart/birmingham market manager Ray Quinn. Rick Monroe visited the KTTS Springfied, Mo., morning show during a stop on the Jagermeister Country series of concerts. From eft are KTTS morning co-host Summer Stevens, Monroe and KTTS morning co-host Rick Moore.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 4 OF 19 ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@biboard.

at No. 2 on Biboard s Top Country Abums chart (dated Oct. 10) with 21,000 copies sod in the week ending Sept. 24, according to Niesen Music. No. 1 beongs to Luke Bryan, whose Ki the Lights (Capito Nashvie/Universa Music Group Nashvie) rises 2-1 (up 1 percent to 27,000) for a sixth tota week on top.

Aabama s core members, cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook, steer the new abum, the group s 44th on Top Country Abums.

4 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 4 OF 19 ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@biboard.com Aabama s Southern Draw Charts Swift Progress; Strait Makes A Country Airpay Run Aabama s Southern Draw (TGA/BMG), the band s first abum of origina songs since 2001 s When It A Goes South, opens at No. 2 on Biboard s Top Country Abums chart (dated Oct. 10) with 21,000 copies sod in the week ending Sept. 24, according to Niesen Music. No. 1 beongs to Luke Bryan, whose Ki the Lights (Capito Nashvie/Universa Music Group Nashvie) rises 2-1 (up 1 percent to 27,000) for a sixth tota week on top. Draw marks Aabama s best rank and saes sum on Top Country Abums since Songs of Inspiration became the act s 11th No. 1 on Nov. 11, 2006 with 44,000 first-week copies sod. Aabama s core members, cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook, steer the new abum, the group s 44th on Top Country Abums. The band first charted with 1980 s My Home s in Aabama, which reached No. 3. Aabama has notched 33 No. 1s on Hot Country Songs, the most among groups; Draw s ead ALABAMA singe, Wasn t Through Lovin You Yet, has not yet reached the chart. Draw was sod through traditiona outets, as we as Cracker Barre stores, whose version incudes two excusive songs ( Backwoods Boogie and I ve Got Some Lovin ), and QVC. I m thankfu, Owen tes Biboard. It s amazing happiness on a huge scae. I appreciate everyone s hard work from management, abe, agency and pubic reations. This means a ot to us, [that] after 40 years peope sti enjoy Aabama. ALSO ARRIVING Debuting at No. 3 on Top Country Abums is the sef-tited abum by Turnpike Troubadours (Bossier City/Thirty Tigers) (19,000). Their one prior entry, 2012 s Goodbye Norma Street, peaked at No. 14 (8,000). Whie no singe is marked for commercia country radio, Thirty Tigers president David Macias is focusing on the music. We have been with these guys a ong time [since 2010]. We ve been buiding their fan base since the beginning, and for this abum we wanted to make sure they knew about it. We did aggressive pre-reease campaigns in severa paces, incuding itunes. Aso on Top Country Abums, a cappea group Home Free s Country Evoution (Coumbia) bows at No. 4 (10,000). It s the third and strongest showing on the survey for the group that won the 2013 season of NBC s The Sing-Off. Crazy Life and Fu of Cheer, both reeased in 2014, reached Nos. 8 and No. 12, respectivey. ANOTHER FOR DAY Kenny Chesney s Save It for a Rainy Day (Bue Chair/Coumbia Nashvie) reigns for a second week, up 6 percent to 50.9 miion audience impressions. It s the first song to hod the top position for at east two weeks since Bake Sheton s Sangria (Warner Music Nashvie) (Juy 11 and Juy 18). In between, 10 songs spent a week each at No. 1. BEER RUN At his Sept. 22 press conference, George Strait announced his 2016 Strait to Vegas concert dates. He aso unveied a brand new singe and abum, that proved to be amost compete surprise to most in the industry beforehand. Cod Beer Conversation (MCA Nashvie) was reeased Sept. 25, aong with the tite cut, which soars onto Country Airpay at No. 35 (4.5 miion). The bow is Strait s highest since Here for a Good Time roed in at No. 29 on June 25, With Strait s career having brought countess miestones, the aunch of the new abum and singe marks another coup, says MCA vp promotion Katie Dean. Prior to the press conference, very few peope knew the aunch pan for the project. It was a true integrated team effort. SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW Finay, a new feature joins the Biboard Country Update, the Coda, which wi cose each edition with a noteworthy highight from more than 70 years of Biboard country chart history. Go to page 19 for the first Coda (based on the Biboard magazine feature), spotighting the 1990 debut of Garth Brooks andmark No Fences abum. NOW, ONE LY EDITION, EVERY MONDAY Country UPDATE Sign up for FREE deivery every Monday The country music industry s must-have source for news, charts, anaysis and features. Airpay, abum saes, track saes and streaming charts, as we as the a-encompassing Hot Country Songs chart. Expert commentary and insights by Tom Roand, Phyis Stark and Jim Asker.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 5 OF 19 Country Airpay WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY +/ +/ RANK 1 1 15 SAVE IT FOR A RAINY

5 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 5 OF 19 Country Airpay WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY +/ +/ RANK SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Bue Chair/Coumbia Nashvie HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Kenny Chesney JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban LOSE MY MIND Atantic/WMN Brett Edredge STRIP IT DOWN Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan ANYTHING GOES Repubic Nashvie Forida Georgia Line BREAK UP WITH HIM RCA Nashvie Od Dominion SMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashvie Carrie Underwood GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Dack Janies/Coumbia Nashvie Chase Rice BUY ME A BOAT Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson LET ME SEE YA GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Coe Swinde FLY Dot Maddie & Tae NOTHIN LIKE YOU Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay GONNA Warner Bros./WMN Bake Sheton I M COMIN OVER RCA Nashvie Chris Young GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow HH Airpower HH Jason Adean TOP OF THE WORLD McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw BURNING HOUSE Arista Nashvie Cam REAL LIFE RCA Nashvie Jake Owen STAY A LITTLE LONGER EMI Nashvie Brothers Osborne ALREADY CALLIN YOU MINE Stoney Creek HH Airpower HH Parmaee RUN AWAY WITH YOU B$R/New Revoution Big & Rich DIBS Back River Kesea Baerini I LOVE LIFE Reviver LoCash I GOT THE BOY Eektra Nashvie/WAR Jana Kramer Atantic/WMN Hunter Hayes COUNTRY NATION Arista Nashvie HH Breaker HH Brad Paisey LIVE FOREVER Repubic Nashvie The Band Perry WE WENT Stoney Creek Randy Houser LITTLE BIT OF YOU Red Bow Chase Bryant ( AIN T NO) DRUNK DIAL Repubic Nashvie A Thousand Horses

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 6 OF 19 Country Airpay WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY +/ +/ RANK 31 44 4 BREAK UP IN A SMALL

6 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 6 OF 19 Country Airpay WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY +/ +/ RANK BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN MCA Nashvie HH Breaker/Most Added HH Sam Hunt RISER Capito Nashvie Dierks Bentey SOUTHERN STYLE Capito Nashvie Darius Rucker THAT DON T SOUND LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice NEW COLD BEER CONVERSATION MCA Nashvie HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience HH George Strait BLUE BANDANA Sea Gaye/Arista Nashvie Jerrod Niemann I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Big Machine Rasca Fatts DRINKIN TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM Mercury Biy Currington YUP Mercury Easton Corbin WHITE LIGHTNING Big Machine The Cadiac Three NEW DIE A HAPPY MAN Vaory Thomas Rhett TOMORROW TONIGHT Red Bow Craig Campbe BEAUTIFUL DRUG John Varvatos/Repubic/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band AIN T NO TRUCKS IN TEXAS Nash Icon/Vaory Ronnie Dunn BACKROAD SONG Wheehouse Granger Smith PAIN KILLER Capito Nashvie Litte Big Town BOY & A GIRL THING Curb Mo Pitney REAL MEN LOVE JESUS Atantic/WEA Michae Ray HONEY, I M GOOD. S-Curve/Vaory Andy Grammer Duet With Ei Young Band NIGHT S ON FIRE MCA Nashvie David Nai UNTIL THEY DON T LOVE YOU Starstruck/Nash Icon/Vaory Reba STONE COLD SOBER Vaory Brantey Gibert HOLE IN A BOTTLE Mercury Canaan Smith ROLLER COASTER RIDE EMI Nashvie Eric Church BETTER IN BOOTS Coumbia Nashvie Tyer Farr I AM INVINCIBLE Repubic Nashvie Cassadee Pope SOUTHERN BELLE 19/Interscope/Mercury Scotty McCreery MOVE ON MCA Nashvie Care Dunn BAD FOR YOU Big Machine Wateroo Reviva NEW I MET A GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Wiiam Michae Morgan GOING FOR ADDS SWINDLE: WMN 10 COLE SWINDELL Let Me See Ya Gir The fourth singe from Coe Swinde s debut abum enters the Country Airpay top 10 (12-10) with a 10 percent increase to 31.8 miion audience impressions. On Hot Country Songs, it steps (up 6 percent). 10/5 AMBER HAYES Hero s Heart AOK/GMV Nashvie ERIC PASLAY High Cass EMI Nashvie GEORGE STRAIT Cod Beer Conversation MCA Nashvie GRANGER SMITH Backroad Song Wheehouse PRESLEY & TAYLOR Whie You Were Gone SMG Nashvie TYLER DIAL Damn Good Time Room To Run/WingHorse 10/12 CURTIS BRALY FEAT. KIMBERLY CALDWELL Sooner Or Later Studio God Nashvie 10/19 CHRIS JANSON Power Of Positive Drinkin Warner Bros./WAR DYLAN SCOTT Crazy Over Me Curb LINDSAY ELL By The Way Stoney Creek

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 7 OF 19 Country Airpay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY MOST ADDED TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist ADDS BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN MCA Nashvie Sam Hunt 41 COLD BEER

7 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 7 OF 19 Country Airpay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY MOST ADDED TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist ADDS BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN MCA Nashvie Sam Hunt 41 COLD BEER CONVERSATION MCA Nashvie George Strait 41 COUNTRY NATION Arista Nashvie Brad Paisey 24 DIE A HAPPY MAN Vaory Thomas Rhett 19 STAY A LITTLE LONGER EMI Nashvie Brothers Osborne 17 BEAUTIFUL DRUG Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Repubic Zac Brown Band 17 I M COMIN OVER RCA Nashvie Chris Young 14 GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow Jason Adean 10 REAL MEN LOVE JESUS Atantic/WEA Michae Ray 9 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Big Machine Rasca Fatts 8 MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist GAIN (IN MIILIONS) COLD BEER CONVERSATION MCA Nashvie George Strait STRIP IT DOWN Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan BREAK UP WITH HIM RCA Nashvie Od Dominion GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow Jason Adean JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN MCA Nashvie Sam Hunt SMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashvie Carrie Underwood I M COMIN OVER RCA Nashvie Chris Young SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Bue Chair/Coumbia Nashvie Kenny Chesney LET ME SEE YA GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Coe Swinde TITLE Imprint/Labe NEW AND ACTIVE Artist RECURRENTS TOTAL AUDIENCE TOTAL STATIONS HEAD OVER BOOTS Capito Nashvie Jon Pardi MIND READER Broken Bow Dustin Lynch WHISKEY ON MY BREATH Thirty Tigers Love And Theft WHEN I M GONE Back River Craig Morgan FREAKS LIKE ME Red Bow Joe Nichos STUCK Mercury Nashvie Canaan Smith TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist TOTAL AUD. (IN MILLIONS) 1 CRASH AND BURN Vaory Thomas Rhett HOUSE PARTY MCA Nashvie Sam Hunt HELL OF A NIGHT Broken Bow Dustin Lynch LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Capito Nashvie Lady Antebeum KISS YOU IN THE MORNING Atantic/WEA Michae Ray YOUNG & CRAZY Warner Bros./WAR Frankie Baard TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU Broken Bow Jason Adean HOMEGROWN John Varvatos/Repubic/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band SANGRIA Warner Bros./WMN Bake Sheton LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Mercury Canaan Smith ADDS MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist GAIN STRIP IT DOWN Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan +871 GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow Jason Adean +601 JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban +585 COLD BEER CONVERSATION MCA Nashvie George Strait +585 BREAK UP WITH HIM RCA Nashvie Od Dominion +554 BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN MCA Nashvie Sam Hunt +509 NOTHIN LIKE YOU Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +473 I M COMIN OVER RCA Nashvie Chris Young +457 SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Bue Chair/Coumbia Nashvie Kenny Chesney +441 LET ME SEE YA GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Coe Swinde +430 BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) $796,651 JASON ALDEAN 24,417 $65.50, $25.50 Kipsch Music Center, Nobesvie, Ind./Aug. 21 seout $790,511 SHANIA TWAIN 8,198 $151, $50.50 Stapes Center, Los Angees/Aug. 20 9,930 $778,225 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 24,031 $59.75, $25 XFINITY Theatre, Hartford/Sept. 11 seout LIVE NATION AEG LIVE LIVE NATION $756,562 KENNY CHESNEY 12,151 THE MESSINA $79, $35 Quicken Loans Arena, Ceveand/Juy 9 13,300 GROUP/AEG LIVE $749,465 SHANIA TWAIN 7,307 $151, $50.50 Honda Center, Anaheim/Aug. 19 9,236 AEG LIVE Reported wordwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures shoud be submitted to Bob Aen by phone ( ), fax ( ) or emai (bob.aen@biboard.com). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT ENDING SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 WKS ON CHART TITLE (Labe) ARTIST TW SPINS REAL COOL HAND (No Big Dea) HH 1 week at 1 HH Reckess Key DOWN HERE (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST (Independent) Bart Crow Band SMILE THAT SMILE (Independent) Curtis Grimes DAMN OL HONKY TONK DREAM (KF) Kevin Fower & Dery Dodd LADY BUG (Independent) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen OLD WITH YOU (Independent) Cory Morrow TEASIN ME (Hammer Down) Mies Wiiams LOSER (Amost Country) Casey Donahew Band PHONE CALLS (BGM) TJ Broscoff SPINS +/ WKS ON CHART TITLE (Labe) ARTIST TW SPINS LIVIN THE GOOD LIFE (RROC) Matt Kimbrow YOU DREAM I LL DRIVE (Independent) Josh Grider WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND (Independent) Kye Park GIRLS I DATE (Independent) Mike Ryan WHILE I WAS AWAY (Independent) Pat Green EASY (Independent) Cody Canada & The Departed DON T OWN THE RIGHT (Boo Cap/Thirty Tigers) Unce Lucius UNDONE (Independent) Statesboro Revue SHELTER FROM THE RAIN (Independent) Whiskey Myers I DON T (Winding Road) Saints Eeven SPINS +/ Texas Regiona Radio Report Top 100 is compied from weeky onine payist reports from 86 radio stations ocated in Texas and surrounding states, incuding reports from speciaty shows, internet and sateite radio outets. Songs are ranked by tota pays. For tracking, compete chart methodoogy and more information, visit or contact Dave Smith at Copyright 2015, Texas Regiona Radio Report

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 8 OF 19 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND Bake Sheton made a Sept.

SHARON EAVES REMEMBERED Fan Cubhouse CEO Sharon Eaves, who spent 25 years handing fan-services functions for the ikes of Brad Paisey, Gary Aan and Scotty McCreery, died Sept. 25 from a sudden iness.

Separatey, Eaves aso handed artist management duties for some of her cients, incuding Richie McDonad and Bryan White. A 15-year member of St.

Wheehouse artist Granger Smith visited WIL St. Louis as he conducted a radio promotion tour behind his abe debut, Backroad Song.

8 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 8 OF 19 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND Bake Sheton made a Sept. 23 stop at iheartmedia s The Bobby Bones Show during severa packed days of promotion in Nashvie for the Oct. 23 reease Reoaded: 20 #1 Hits. He s pictured with Bones (right). SHARON EAVES REMEMBERED Fan Cubhouse CEO Sharon Eaves, who spent 25 years handing fan-services functions for the ikes of Brad Paisey, Gary Aan and Scotty McCreery, died Sept. 25 from a sudden iness. Eaves company, founded in 1990, provides professiona fan cub management, merchandise fufiment, socia media expertise, e-marketing campaigns and database management services for numerous artists. Separatey, Eaves aso handed artist management duties for some of her cients, incuding Richie McDonad and Bryan White. A 15-year member of St. Jude Chidren s Research Hospita s music industry advisory counci, Eaves coapsed during that group s meeting at a Nashvie hote Friday morning and coud not be revived. She was beieved to have been 58. Wheehouse artist Granger Smith visited WIL St. Louis as he conducted a radio promotion tour behind his abe debut, Backroad Song. From eft are Wheehouse vp promotion Teddi Bonadies, WIL personaity Jim Day, Smith, WIL assistant PD/music director Danny Montana, WIL taent Judi Diamond, Wheehouse Midwest/Southwest regiona Jennifer Shaffer and WIL personaity Bo Matthews. A tireess supporter of St. Jude, Eaves spearheaded numerous creative fundraising initiatives invoving the artists she worked with and their fans. Those campaigns raised tens of thousands of doars for the hospita. Lonestar reportedy dedicated its song Just the Rain to Eaves during the band s Sept. 25 concert in Concord, N.C. Most of her other star cients took to socia media to express their sorrow. Eaves is survived by husband Tom Harding and teenage son Cameron Harding. A ceebration of her ife is being panned. Phyis Stark MOVERS & SHAKERS The CW has extended its agreement with iheartmedia to air the annua iheart- Radio Music Festiva as a TV specia. Highights from 2015 s mutigenre ineup, which incuded country acts Kenny Chesney and Bake Sheton, air on the CW Sept Cox Media hired Laurissa Phiips as chief creative officer/ GM for its new website RareCountry.com. Phiips spent the ast two years as editoria consutant/producer for ABC s In the Spotight: A Access Nashvie Katie Toupa is joining KZPK St. Coud, Minn., in mornings, eaving a vacancy on the morning squad at KBLL Heena, Mt. Interested appicants can send packages to Cherry Creek/Heena operations manager Dae Desmond here Tim JR Hayes joined KORA Bryan-Coege Station, Texas, as music director/afternoon-drive host, repacing Cot Gresham, who eft broadcasting for a teaching position. Hayes was most recenty afternoon taent/assistant production director for KLLL Lubbock, Texas. Reach him here Apha Media/ Fredericksburg, Va., promoted Raph Saierno to market manager from director of saes. The custer s outets incude country WFLS KSTZ HD-2 Des Moines, Iowa, aunched Sept. 24 as a cassic-country station, KCCI-TV Des Moines reported Forever Media is purchasing two stations in York, Pa., incuding country WGTY, from Times and News Pubishing Company, according to The Hanover (Pa.) Evening Sun. No personne changes are expected CBS Radio/Minneapois-St. Pau market manager Mick Ansemo wi retire at the end of the year, InsideRadio.com reported. The three-station custer incudes country KMNB Marc Radio/Gainesvie, Fa., tapped Dave Cobb as GM, according to RadioInfo.com. Among the seven stations in his jurisdiction are cassic country WDVH. Cobb was most recenty vp strategic panning for media company Loca Voice Aso from RadioInfo.com: iheartmedia/ Louisvie (Ky.) market president Bi Gentry eft his position. The eight-station custer incudes country WAMZ. ROUND THE ROW Repubic Nashvie promoted Phoenix-based Lois Lewis to senior director of regiona promotion from director. Reach her here Thirty Tigers added Traci Ghoson as regiona director of promotion, based in Richmond, Va. She was formery East Coast manager of promotion for Quarterback. Reach her here Nashvie-based Brian Mansfied joins Shore Fire Media as content director on Oct. 13, deveoping socia-media strategies and materia for the company s roster, which incudes mutipe genres LEWIS MANSFIELD and non-music cients. He was senior music writer for USA Today Kay Waggoner has joined Absoute Pubicity as senior pubicist Four songwriters inked pubishing deas, incuding Nei Thrasher ( How Country Fees, Night Train ), who re-signed with peermusic; Aaron Scherz ( Gir in a Country Song ), who inked with Live Write Pay; singer/songwriter Aysa Vanderheym, who joined Major Bob; and Adam Hambrick, signed to oe and to Jeremy Stover s Red Creative Group The Mountain Fever abe signed singer-songwriter Irene Keey Lone Star PR has added Cameran Neson and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo to its roster Leadership Music wi recognize Reba McEntire, former Country Music Association executive director Jo Waker-Meador and Opry Entertainment Group president Steve Buchanan during the annua Dae Frankin Awards on Nov. 16 in Nashvie The historic RCA Studio A compex wi hod an open house from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Oct. 3.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 9 OF 19 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND ROGERS: PIPER FERGUSON MUSIC NOTES Odd how retirement works in the country music business.

George Strait, who retired from touring a year ago, reeased a new abum, Cod Beer Conversation, on Sept.

Meanwhie, Garth Brooks who returned to the road in 2014 after retiring from touring for more than a decade to raise his daughters is currenty a Country Music Association nominee for entertainer of

9 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 9 OF 19 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND ROGERS: PIPER FERGUSON MUSIC NOTES Odd how retirement works in the country music business. Kenny Rogers announced Sept. 25 that he wi retire from the road foowing his 2016 word tour. The decision was reveaed pubicy at a most ironic time. George Strait, who retired from touring a year ago, reeased a new abum, Cod Beer Conversation, on Sept. 25 with ony three days notice the same time he announced pans to pay a minimum of four shows in Las Vegas in Meanwhie, Garth Brooks who returned to the road in 2014 after retiring from touring for more than a decade to raise his daughters is currenty a Country Music Association nominee for entertainer of the year. Surprises abounded on the concert stage during the ast week. Kacey Musgraves Sept. 23 show at Nashvie s Ryman Auditorium incuded a wak-on by unannounced guest Shery Crow during If It Makes You Happy. Tayor Swift s two-night stand at the ROGERS Bridgestone Arena incuded drop-ins by Kesea Baerini ( Love Me Like You Mean It ), Steven Tyer ( I Don t Want to Miss a Thing ), Aison Krauss ( When You Say Nothing at A ), Leona Lewis ( Beeding Love ) and Mick Jagger ( Satisfaction ). And Forida Georgia Line s performance in St. Louis on Sept. 26 cosed with a guest shot by Ney on Cruise. Finay, Bake Sheton had a handfu of Warner Music Nashvie abemates in the wings during his free Sept. 23 appearance on Music Row, incuding Hunter Hayes, Brett Edredge and Dan + Shay s Dan Smyers. Mac Davis wi be recognized as a BMI Icon during the performing rights organization s annua country awards on Nov. 3 in Nashvie. In addition to his own successes as an artist, he wrote such notabe tites as Evis Presey s In the Ghetto, The First Edition s Something s Burning and Bobby Godsboro s Watching Scotty Grow. Davis joins such BMI Icon company as Mere Haggard, Doy Parton, Kris Kristofferson and Tom T. Ha. Pandora puts the focus on women in country with a free concert for customers on Oct. 14 at the Atman Buiding in New York. The event features Martina McBride, Cassadee Pope and RaeLynn, and brings attention to the T.J. Marte Foundation and breast cancer research. GOOD WORKS They re raising money for a good cause, and it s a safe bet they won t doctor the resuts. The Frontmen of Country three ead singers who front hit-making bands wi team with bues artist Keb Mo on Nov. 10 for Heaing Hands Heping Heroes, an event that aids registered nurses and veterans. The Frontmen incude Lonestar vocaist Richie McDonad, Litte Texas co-founder Tim Rushow and Restess Heart ead Larry Stewart, and they run through a number of their famiiar tites at the Rosewa in Nashvie. Eight-seat tabes are $3,800, and four-seaters are $1,900. Proceeds go to the Midde Tennessee chapter of PeriOperative Registered Nurses and Reboot Combat Recovery. Go here for detais. TWEET OF THE Ever contempate how a 1960s TV series woud pay in the 21st century? Southern comedian Larry the Cabe Guy (@GitRDoneLarry) has: If Art Linketter were sti aive I wonder if he d have a show caed kids tweet, Instagram, emai, bog and FaceTime the darnedest things To foow BCU, go to Twitter.com/bbcountryupdate. ON DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC Sept BNA reeases the Kenny Chesney abum Hemingway s Whiskey. Sept Arista reeases Carrie Underwood s Something in the Water to radio. Sept Oak Ridge Boys sing the nationa UNDERWOOD anthem before the ast game ever payed at the Chicago White Sox s origina Comiskey Park. The Sox edge the Seatte Mariners, Steve Eare records Guitar Town at Nashvie s Sound Stage. Oct Live from New York : Lady Antebeum sings We Owned the Night and Just a Kiss on NBC s Saturday Night Live Dierks Bentey is inducted into the Grand Oe Opry, performing Come a Litte Coser after being introduced by Marty Stuart. Oct Tayor Swift spends the day shooting the Begin Again video in Paris. Oct Dwight Yoakam hats his rehearsa for the Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Oe Opry House to watch the verdict in the O.J. Simpson tria be handed down on TV. Simpson is found not guity, and Yoakam goes back to work Ten-year-od Evis Presey sings in pubic for the first time at a taent contest, taking second pace with Od Shep. He wins $5. Oct Dixie Chicks win four honors at the 34th annua Country Music Association Awards at Nashvie s Grand Oe Opry House, incuding entertainer of the tear; voca group; abum, for Fy; and music video, for Goodbye Ear Wiie Neson picks up his first No. 1 singe as an artist on the Biboard country chart with Bue Eyes Crying in the Rain. Source: RoandNote.com, the Utimate Country Music Database CMT Instant Jam: Hunter Hayes debuted Sept. 26. From eft at the taping in Lexington, Ky., are Switched On Entertainment executive producer John Hamin, CMT senior vp music strategy and taent Lesie Fram, Hayes and CMT vp music and event production Margaret Comeaux. JEREMY COWART RICK DIAMOND/GETTY IMAGES

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 10 OF 19 Hot Country Songs SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY TWO S AGO WKS ON CHART TITLE PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION

COPPERMAN) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 2 2 4 17 JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Keith Urban D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HOUSE PARTY Sam Hunt 3 4 1 40 Z.

10 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 10 OF 19 Hot Country Songs SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY TWO S AGO WKS ON CHART TITLE PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL CERTIFIED STRIP IT DOWN HH No. 1 (2 weeks)/airpay Gainer HH Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,J.M.NITE,R.COPPERMAN) CAPITOL NASHVILLE JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Keith Urban D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HOUSE PARTY Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS) MCA NASHVILLE LOSE MY MIND Brett Edredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,H.MORGAN,R.COPPERMAN,B.BURTON,T.D.CALLAWAY,G.F.REVERBERI,G.P.REVERBERI) ATLANTIC/WMN SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (A.DORFF,M.RAMSEY,B.TURSI) BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE BUY ME A BOAT Chris Janson C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS,B.ANDERSON (C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS) WARNER BROS./WAR CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (J.FRASURE,C.STAPLETON) VALORY SMOKE BREAK HH Digita Gainer HH Carrie Underwood J.JOYCE (C.UNDERWOOD,C. DESTEFANO,H.LINDSEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE BREAK UP WITH HIM Od Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,G.SPRUNG,W.SELLERS) RCA NASHVILLE BURNING HOUSE Cam 8 J.BHASKER,T.JOHNSON (C.OCHS,T.JOHNSON,J.BHASKER) ARISTA NASHVILLE ANYTHING GOES Forida Georgia Line J.MOI (F.MCTEIGUE,C.G.TOMPKINS,C.WISEMAN) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE I M COMIN OVER Chris Young C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE LET ME SEE YA GIRL Coe Swinde M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.CARTER,J.STEVENS) WARNER BROS./WMN NOTHIN LIKE YOU Dan + Shay C. DESTEFANO (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,A.GORLEY,C. DESTEFANO) WARNER BROS./WAR GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Chase Rice C. DESTEFANO (S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE,J.ROBBINS) DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE GONNA Bake Sheton S.HENDRICKS (L.LAIRD,C.WISEMAN) WARNER BROS./WMN 17 NEW 1 DIE A HAPPY MAN HH Hot Shot Debut HH Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,S.DOUGLAS,J.SPARGUR) VALORY REAL LIFE Jake Owen S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE STAY A LITTLE LONGER Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY) EMI NASHVILLE TOP OF THE WORLD Tim McGraw B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (J.ROBBINS,J.M.NITE,J.OSBORNE) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE LOVING YOU EASY Zac Brown Band Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,A.ANDERSON) JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/BMLG/SOUTHERN GROUND I GOT THE BOY Jana Kramer S.HENDRICKS (T.NICHOLS,C.HARRINGTON,J.L.SPEARS) ELEKTRA NASHVILLE/WAR LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Lady Antebeum N.CHAPMAN,LADY ANTEBELLUM (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,J.KEAR) CAPITOL NASHVILLE GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Jason Adean M.KNOX (B.BEAVERS,BRETT JAMES) BROKEN BOW BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY) MCA NASHVILLE 0 25 PEAK POSITION ALAINA: JOSEPH LLANES; ALDEAN: JIM WRIGHT 24 JASON ALDEAN Gonna Know We Were Here In its 10th week on Hot Country Songs, the fourth singe from Od Boots, New Dirt kicks 27-24, up by 22 percent in overa activity. It s bostered by a 21 percent increase on Country Airpay (20-15) to 21.4 miion in audience. 39 LAUREN ALAINA Next Boyfriend The first singe from her Oct. 2 sef-tited EP debuts at No. 39 on Hot Country Songs and No. 22 on Country Digita Songs (10,000 downoads sod). She ast graced Hot Country Songs with Barefoot and Buckwid (No. 34) in 2013.

11 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 11 OF 19 SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY TWO S WKS ON TITLE Artist AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL CERTIFIED DIBS Kesea Baerini F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,J.KERR,R.GRIFFIN,J.DUKE) BLACK RIVER ALREADY CALLIN YOU MINE Parmaee NV (M.THOMAS,S.THOMAS,B.KNOX,P.O DONNELL,W.KIRBY) STONEY CREEK RUN AWAY WITH YOU Big & Rich J.RICH,B.KENNY (J.D.RICH,MICHAEL RAY) B$R/NEW REVOLUTION Hunter Hayes D.HUFF,H.HAYES (D.DAVIDSON,K.LOVELACE,A.GORLEY,H.HAYES) ATLANTIC/WMN I LOVE LIFE LoCash L.RIMES,P.BRUST,C.LUCAS (D.MYRICK,C.JANSON,C.LUCAS,P.BRUST) REVIVER LIVE FOREVER The Band Perry REDONE,D.HUFF (N.KHAYAT,C.J.HARRIS, JR.,K.PERRY,R.PERRY,N.PERRY,J.ANDREWS,K.O.KJELLHOLM) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE WE WENT Randy Houser D.GEORGE (J.WILSON,M.ROGERS,J.KING) STONEY CREEK THAT DON T SOUND LIKE YOU Lee Brice J.STONE,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,R.AKINS,A.GORLEY) CURB COUNTRY NATION HH Streaming Gainer HH Brad Paisey L.WOOTEN,B.PAISLEY (B.PAISLEY,C.DUBOIS,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE RISER Dierks Bentey R. COPPERMAN (S.MOAKLER,T.MEADOWS) CAPITOL NASHVILLE LITTLE BIT OF YOU Chase Bryant D.GEORGE,C.BRYANT (C.BRYANT,D.GEORGE,A.GORLEY) RED BOW SMOKIN AND DRINKIN Miranda Lambert Featuring Litte Big Town F.LIDDELL,C.AINLAY,G.WORF (N.HEMBY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE SOUTHERN STYLE Darius Rucker F.ROGERS (D.RUCKER,R.RUTHERFORD,T.JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 39 NEW 1 NEXT BOYFRIEND Lauren Aaina BUSBEE (L.ALAINA,E.WEISBAND,M.MCVANEY) 19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY ( AIN T NO) DRUNK DIAL A Thousand Horses D.COBB (M.HOBBY,C.CROWDER,N.MASON,C.DODDS) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE BLUE BANDANA Jerrod Niemann J.L.SLOAS,J.L.NIEMANN (B.GOLDSMITH,C.J. SOLAR,A.S.WILLS) SEA GAYLE/ARISTA NASHVILLE WHITE LIGHTNING The Cadiac Three D.HUFF,J.NIEBANK (J.JOHNSTON) BIG MACHINE T-SHIRT Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) VALORY DRINKIN TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM Biy Currington D.HUFF (A.HENNINGSEN,B.HENNINGSEN,C.HENNINGSEN,E.MCDAVID ELKINS,V.A.OLIVAREZ) MERCURY 45 NEW 1 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Rasca Fatts J.DEMARCUS,RASCAL FLATTS (M.TRAINOR,J.FRASURE,S.MOONEY) BIG MACHINE YUP Easton Corbin C.CHAMBERLAIN (S.MINOR,P.O DONNELL,W.KIRBY) MERCURY 47 RE-ENTRY 5 LET IT GO George Strait C.AINLAY,G.STRAIT (G.STRAIT,B.STRAIT,K.GATTIS) MCA NASHVILLE 48 2 BEAUTIFUL DRUG Zac Brown Band Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON) JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/BMLG/SOUTHERN GROUND 49 NEW 1 FREAKS LIKE ME Joe Nichos M.J.CONES (L.HUTTON,M.CRISWELL,J.THOMPSON) RED BOW 50 RE-ENTRY 17 SPEAKERS Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,B.HOOD,K.SACKLEY) MCA NASHVILLE The week s most popuar country songs, ranked by radio airpay audience impressions as measured by Niesen Music, saes data as compied by Niesen Music and streaming activity data from onine music sources tracked by Niesen Music. Descending tites beow No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks. PEAK POSITION Year-Over-Year Abum Saes DIGITAL TRACKS SALES miion 19.6 miion miion 86.6 miion For week ending September 24, Figures are rounded. Compied from a nationa sampe of retai store and rack saes reports coected and provided by Niesen Music. COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weeky Nationa Music Saes Report Weeky Unit Saes ALBUMS DIGITAL ALBUMS* DIGITAL TRACKS This Week 420, ,000 1,670,000 Last Week 419, ,000 1,717,000 Change 0.2% -4.1% -2.7% This Week Last Year 555, ,000 2,233,000 Change -24.3% -18.2% -25.2% *Digita abum saes are aso counted within abum saes. YEAR-TO-DATE Overa Unit Saes CHANGE Abums 21,270,000 19,612, % Digita Tracks 103,528,000 86,575, % Saes by Abum Format CHANGE Physica 14,128,000 12,476, % Digita 7,142,000 7,136, % For inquiries about any Niesen Music data, pease contact Josh Bennett at or josh.bennett@niesen.com

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 12 OF 19 TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY COUNTRY DIGITAL SONGS SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY 2 S AGO S ON

12 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 12 OF 19 TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY COUNTRY DIGITAL SONGS SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY 2 S AGO S ON CHT ARTIST Tite IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL LUKE BRYAN Ki The Lights CAPITOL NASHVILLE /UMGN 2 NEW ALABAMA Southern Draw 1 TGA /BMG 3 NEW TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS Turnpike Troubadours 1 BOSSIER CITY 3*/THIRTY TIGERS 4 NEW HOME FREE Country Evoution 1 COLUMBIA BRETT ELDREDGE Iinois ATLANTIC /WMN SAM HUNT Montevao MCA NASHVILLE /UMGN 0 ERIC CHURCH The Outsiders EMI NASHVILLE */UMGN 1 ZAC BROWN BAND JEKYLL + HYDE JOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG /REPUBLIC 0 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Anything Goes REPUBLIC NASHVILLE /BMLG 0 LITTLE BIG TOWN Pain Kier CAPITOL NASHVILLE */UMGN MADDIE & TAE Start Here DOT/REPUBLIC /BMLG JASON ALDEAN Od Boots, New Dirt BROKEN BOW 7105/BBMG 1 ALAN JACKSON Anges And Acoho ACR/EMI NASHVILLE /UMGN BRANTLEY GILBERT Just As I Am VALORY BG0200A/BMLG 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That s What I Ca Country, Voume 8 SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL /UME KACEY MUSGRAVES Pageant Materia MERCURY */UMGN KIP MOORE Wid Ones MCA NASHVILLE /UMGN CHRIS STAPLETON Traveer MERCURY */UMGN CHASE RICE Ignite The Night COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 22573/DACK JANIELS ZAC BROWN BAND Greatest Hits So Far... ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC /AG JASON ISBELL SOUTHEASTERN 9986*/THIRTY TIGERS Something More Than Free CARRIE UNDERWOOD /ARISTA NASHVILLE /SMN Greatest Hits: Decade #1 0 ELVIS PRESLEY USPS/RCA /SONY COMMERCIAL MUSIC GROUP Evis Presey Forever COLE SWINDELL Coe Swinde WARNER BROS /WMN ALABAMA Anges Among Us: Hymns & Gospe Favorites CRACKER BARREL/TGA/GAITHER 49013/CAPITOL CMG The week s most popuar country abums, ranked by saes data as compied by Niesen Music. Abums are defined as current if they are ess than 18 months od or oder than 18 months but sti residing in the Biboard 200 s top 100. Charts update weeky on Thurdays at Copyright 2015, Prometheus Goba Media, LLC and Niesen Music, Inc. A rights reserved. CERT. WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST (IMPRINT/LABEL) STRIP IT DOWN LUKE BRYAN (Capito Nashvie/UMGN) 2 NEW DIE A HAPPY MAN THOMAS RHETT (Vaory/BMLG) BURNING HOUSE CAM (Arista Nashvie/SMN) SMOKE BREAK CARRIE UNDERWOOD (19/Arista Nashvie/SMN) BUY ME A BOAT CHRIS JANSON (Warner Bros./WMN) JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 KEITH URBAN (Hit Red/Capito Nashvie/UMGN) CRASH AND BURN THOMAS RHETT (Vaory/BMLG) HOUSE PARTY SAM HUNT (MCA Nashvie/UMGN) BREAK UP WITH HIM OLD DOMINION (RCA Nashvie/SMN) LIKE A WRECKING BALL ERIC CHURCH (EMI Nashvie/UMGN) I M COMIN OVER CHRIS YOUNG (RCA Nashvie/SMN) KICK THE DUST UP LUKE BRYAN (Capito Nashvie/UMGN) LOSE MY MIND BRETT ELDREDGE (Atantic/WMN) SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY KENNY CHESNEY (Bue Chair/Coumbia Nashvie/SMN) ANYTHING GOES FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (Repubic Nashvie/BMLG) TAKE YOUR TIME SAM HUNT (MCA Nashvie/UMGN) GIRL CRUSH LITTLE BIG TOWN (Capito Nashvie/UMGN) STAY A LITTLE LONGER BROTHERS OSBORNE (EMI Nashvie/UMGN) BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN SAM HUNT (MCA Nashvie/UMGN) GONNA BLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN) FLY MADDIE & TAE (Dot/Repubic/BMLG) 22 NEW NEXT BOYFRIEND LAUREN ALAINA (19/Mercury/Interscope/UMGN) GONNA WANNA TONIGHT CHASE RICE (Dack Janies) NOTHIN LIKE YOU DAN + SHAY (Warner Bros./WMN) LET ME SEE YA GIRL COLE SWINDELL (Warner Bros./WMN) WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST (IMPRINT/LABEL) I GOT THE BOY JANA KRAMER (Eektra Nashvie/WMN) DIBS KELSEA BALLERINI (Back River) REAL LIFE JAKE OWEN (RCA Nashvie/SMN) 29 NEW FREAKS LIKE ME JOE NICHOLS (Red Bow/BBMG) SANGRIA BLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN) SMOKIN AND DRINKIN MIRANDA LAMBERT FEAT. LITTLE BIG TOWN (RCA Nashvie/SMN) TOP OF THE WORLD TIM MCGRAW (McGraw/Big Machine/BMLG) LET IT GO 33 RE-ENTRY GEORGE STRAIT (MCA Nashvie/UMGN) TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU JASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow/BBMG) WE WENT RANDY HOUSER (Stoney Creek/BBMG) LIVE FOREVER THE BAND PERRY (Repubic Nashvie/BMLG) T-SHIRT THOMAS RHETT (Vaory/BMLG) LOVING YOU EASY ZAC BROWN BAND (John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Repubic) 39 NEW WAKE UP WHEN IT S OVER CLARE BOWEN & SAM PALLADIO (ABC Studios/Lions Gate/Big Machine/BMLG) I LOVE LIFE LOCASH (Reviver) 41 NEW ANGEL EYES BARRETT BABER (Repubic) HELL OF A NIGHT DUSTIN LYNCH (Broken Bow/BBMG) CRAZY OVER ME DYLAN SCOTT (Curb) THAT DON T SOUND LIKE YOU 44 RE-ENTRY LEE BRICE (Curb) RE-ENTRY ONE HELL OF AN AMEN BRANTLEY GILBERT (Vaory/BMLG) GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE JASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow/BBMG) PLAY IT AGAIN LUKE BRYAN (Capito Nashvie/UMGN) WAGON WHEEL DARIUS RUCKER (Capito Nashvie/UMGN) 49 RE-ENTRY WHITE LIGHTNING THE CADILLAC THREE (Big Machine/BMLG) HOMEGROWN ZAC BROWN BAND (John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Repubic) Top-seing paid downoad country songs compied from saes reports coected and provided by Niesen Music. Charts update weeky on Thurdays at Copyright 2015, Prometheus Goba Media, LLC and Niesen Music, Inc. A rights reserved. COUNTRY STREAMING SONGS STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY DUNN: CARLOS RUIZ 31 CLARE DUNN Care Dunn (EP) After a round of touring with Miranda Lambert, Dunn notches her first Top Country Abums entry (with a five songs on the set co-written by the singer-writerguitarist). It bows at No. 31 with 1,000 sod. WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST HOUSE PARTY SAM HUNT STRIP IT DOWN LUKE BRYAN I M COMIN OVER CHRIS YOUNG TAKE YOUR TIME SAM HUNT JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 KEITH URBAN CRASH AND BURN THOMAS RHETT LOSE MY MIND BRETT ELDREDGE KICK THE DUST UP LUKE BRYAN BUY ME A BOAT CHRIS JANSON BURNING HOUSE CAM WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST SANGRIA BLAKE SHELTON FLY MADDIE & TAE LIKE A WRECKING BALL ERIC CHURCH GIRL CRUSH LITTLE BIG TOWN BREAK UP WITH HIM OLD DOMINION PLAY IT AGAIN LUKE BRYAN ANYTHING GOES FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE BOTTOMS UP BRANTLEY GILBERT IS HOW WE ROLL FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FEAT. LUKE BRYAN SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY KENNY CHESNEY Country Streaming Songs -The week s top Country streamed radio songs, on-demand songs and videos on eading onine music services. Charts update weeky on Thurdays at Copyright 2015, Prometheus Goba Media, LLC and Niesen Music, Inc. A rights reserved.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 13 OF 19 MAKIN TRACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roand@biboard.com Rasca Fatts Turns To Dan + Shay, Meghan Trainor For New Sound The trio has racked up a coo 6.

13 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 13 OF 19 MAKIN TRACKS TOM ROLAND Rasca Fatts Turns To Dan + Shay, Meghan Trainor For New Sound The trio has racked up a coo 6.8 miion Likes on Facebook. But the ike Rasca Fatts is most excited about these days is its new singe, I Like the Sound of That. With its big, sing-aong chorus; smart harmonies; and an identifiabe hook, there s penty to ike about its chances of a ong chart ife. It doesn t hurt, either, that there s a marketabe personaity behind it. Two of the tite s three songwriters are successfu artists in their own right: Nashvie-based pop singer Meghan Trainor and Dan + Shay ead vocaist Shay Mooney. Both are major Rasca Fatts fans particuary Mooney, whose tenor resonance and phrasing have drawn frequent comparisons to Fatts frontman Gary LeVox since 19 You + Me introduced Dan + Shay nationay in To get a song with [them], and then to actuay have one of those songs as a singe is definitey a persona goa, says Mooney. I can knock that one off the bucket ist. Mooney s simiarities to LeVox were advantageous. Mooney, Trainor and co-writer Jesse Frasure ( Crash and Burn, Sun Daze ) actuay anded two songs on Fatts Rewind abum I Like the Sound of That and DJ Tonight in part because Mooney s performances eiminated any questions about the materia s compatibiity. When Shay had his voca on the demo, the picture was painted perfecty as to what it woud sound ike with Gary on it, says Fatts producer-bassist Jay DeMarcus. RASCAL FLATTS It s safe to say the band iked the sound of those demos. The seeds for Like were actuay sown a year or two before when Frasure and Trainor became musica pen pas. Sti iving in Nantucket, Mass., at the time, Trainor had garnered attention from Big Yeow Dog owner/gm Cara Waace, who ined up some ong-distance co-writers, incuding Frasure, whose pop sensibiities were a good match for the A About That Bass singer. She wrote to a few of my pop tracks and then sent me the vocas to mix them and they were awesome fu-bown [background vocas], great tracks, great hooks, says Frasure. We wrote via emai for quite a whie. Then she started coming to town for proonged periods of time, and we started doing some coaboration. Trainor and Frasure co-wrote with Mooney for the first time on June 18, 2013, banging out DJ Tonight a year before A About That Bass was reeased and three months before Dan + Shay aunched pubicy. The writing trio reconvened Jan. 22, 2014 a month before Trainor signed with Epic and Mooney payed a big part in aying the groundwork for that day s efforts. He and Frasure arrived at Major Bob Music on Nashvie s 17th Avenue before Trainor made it in, and Mooney concocted an upbeat guitar groove. Frasure, in turn, started buiding a track on his aptop that they coud use to sustain the tempo and energy in the room, and when Trainor arrived with her ukuee, they a fipped through ists of potentia tites on their phones for one with the right mood. Mooney had ogged I Like the Sound of That months earier. I wrote it down because it s something I say a the time, remembers Mooney. I aways woud say, Hey, man, I ike the sound of that. It didn t take ong before they found the right ange to make it work, focusing on the househod sounds in the morning that one associates with a significant other, beginning with the spatter of a shower. It s just the kind of noises that go down when you re not aone in the house, those routines that you get used to but woud kind of miss if they were gone, notes Frasure. I think it was the shower scene that reay opened up the whoe thing. The second verse moved on to the sonics of the evening, hinting strongy at a ove-making session. In contrast, the chorus focused on the noises or sience of separation. By 6 p.m. that day, the writers had finished both the song and the demo. You have Shay and Meghan singing their asses off, and you aren t touching the Auto-Tuner, ever, says Frasure. You just have them sing a coupe passes, so we buit that thing up and it was done, out the door. Neither Trainor nor Mooney had the song in mind for their own careers as artists, so Razor & Tie vp music pubishing/creative Brad Kennard (a Big Yeow Dog exec at the time) got the song to Big Machine Labe Group senior vp A&R Aison Jones, who in turn passed it to DeMarcus. LeVox and Fatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney bought into it, too, though the origina yrics in the second verse which suggested the coupe s ove sounds were so oud that they annoyed the neighbors were over the ine for the band. The writers softened that ausion and repaced an acoho reference with ighted candes, and Fatts indeed iked the sound of that. DeMarcus convened a session at the Grip Studio in his home, and the night before, he spent some preparation time with a bouzouki, a Greek stringed instrument that s simiar in tone to a mandoin. He deveoped a hook for the intro and taught it the next morning to Iya Toshinsky, and the band created a sow-buiding arc that hit its fu groove in the second chorus. Getting there took some effort. The first few times we tracked, it [fet] a itte stoppy and starty, says DeMarcus. Drummer Dorian Crozier tried a disco beat, but that was too much. Eventuay, the key was ighty thumping quarter notes from DeMarcus on bass, offset by Crozier paying 16th notes on the high hat. Once the foundation was set, additiona pieces were added incuding stee and a coupe extra guitar parts and the focus turned to vocas. LeVox contributed his typicay wavy phrasing and made another yrica change, atering a ine about Motown bumpin to Timberake bumpin. DeMarcus and Rooney s background parts fied out the sound nicey. We aways ike to refer to it as Fatterizing a track, says DeMarcus. Gary s voice is so distinctive, but once you get our unique bend on there and the counter meodies I think that we re known a itte bit for, it starts to come to ife. I Like The Sound of That was considered for the second singe from Rewind, but it was hed for the fourth sot and finay reeased to radio via Pay MPE on Aug. 31. It debuted at No. 40 on the Country Airpay chart dated Oct. 3 and moves to No. 37 in week two. It s the famiiar od sound of Rasca Fatts mixed with fresh new production, surmises DeMarcus. I think it s a perfect bend between what you ove about Rasca Fatts and where Rasca Fatts is headed in the future. It has, however, created one sma issue for Mooney. He sti says I ike the sound of that in his daiy speech, and the pattern has begun to sound sef-referentia. Now when I say that, he notes, my girfriend is ike, Are you quoting your own song? That s weird. I ve got to stop.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 14 OF 19 THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK phyis.stark@biboard.

was making music in the same vein as a ot of what a ot of my buddies were doing too. He decided he wanted to break away from that.

14 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 14 OF 19 THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK Thomas Rhett Heads Down His Own Lane With Tanged Up After scoring the first two of the three major hits from his debut abum, Thomas Rhett worried that he might become pigeonhoed as someone who was making music in the same vein as a ot of what a ot of my buddies were doing too. He decided he wanted to break away from that. I wanted to be in my own ane and be my own artist, [so] when peope hear a song of mine they know exacty who it is, he says. With the support of his abe, the Vaory Music Co., Rhett made a eft-fied choice for the abum s fifth and fina singe, Make Me Wanna. And when that song aso became a hit, it gave him the courage he needed to make a sophomore abum that s now being auded for confidenty venturing outside the typica parameters of country music. That abum, Tanged Up reeased Sept. 25 had aready yieded the fourth No. 1 of Rhett s career, Crash and Burn. He cas the project super different and super diverse... It s definitey going to make us stand out among the crowds. The Country Music Association new artist of the year nominee chats beow about the abum, its unusua duet partners, ife on the road with Forida Georgia Line and why wife Lauren needs her own fan cub. How was the process of recording the second abum compared with the first now that you have these hits under your bet? There was more freedom. The first one, I think, I was searching a ot. I don t think I fuy knew exacty who I was yet. I was just starting to pay a bunch of shows, and I was doing these different tours and seeing how [different peope make] records, and how they do their production onstage. I earned a ot over the course of the first record RHETT [so] that I knew more on the second. My producer game was way more diaed-in on the second record. The first record was produced by, ike, seven different peope... This one, Dann Huff and Jesse Frasure came in and did a fantastic job. It was such a free process. Literay every song I wanted on the record was OK ed [by Vaory]. What made this record so fun to make is that the abe was having just as much fun watching us make it as we were actuay making it. You re coming off an abum that had three No. 1 hits. Do you fee pressure to match that success, or beat it? There s a itte bit of pressure. I hope we can get four off this one, or five. But I think as ong as we re putting out good songs that the peope are oving and they re requesting at radio and downoading, we re going to be a right. As estabished as you are now as a songwriter with hits for Jason Adean, Forida Georgia Line, Lee Brice and yoursef you surprisingy ony wrote about haf the songs on this abum. What does that say about the poo of avaiabe songs in Nashvie? We have the best. One of the biggest things that changes when you do have hits is that the big, top-dog songwriters are pitching you some of their best stuff Coud I have written the entire record with my name on every song? Yes, but I m such a big beiever in the best song wins, whether I wrote it or [not]. If I didn t write it, I have to fee a connection with that song, amost ike where I fee ike I was a part of that writing process. You grew up in a musica househod watching your dad, Rhett Akins, make a iving as an artist, then have a ong career u, and then come back as a major hit songwriter. What are some of the key things you earned in that environment? You have to earn how to take no a ot of different ways. A ot of criticism is constructive. That s something that Dad had to earn a ot. You definitey get the answer no more times in this business than you do yes. It s what you do with those no s that makes your success either great or not. I ve earned a ton of patience from Dad. You watch somebody go from being pretty much up here to down here to then back to being one of the best songwriters in Nashvie, you have to earn to be super patient and know when your time has come. For him, that was songwriting. I just fee so bessed to be at the point where I ve had success as an artist and I m sti getting booked to pay shows and peope are sti asking me to be on their tours. We re on this steady cimb, and I reay enjoy the steady cimb. It seemed ike your time came reay fast. Some peope have fast success, and some peope it takes them some time. I cannot beieve we ve sod as many downoads as we have, [or that] we can go to the midde of nowhere Nebraska and se 2,000 or 3,000 tickets. That bows my mind that the awareness of our brand is that big at this point in our career. Hopefuy we can keep buiding those fans one by one. You re sti on Forida Georgia Line s Anything Goes Tour. Does it ive up to the tite? It definitey does. Their show is the most crazy thing I ve ever seen in my ife, minus going to a dubstep concert. It s the biggest party in the word. From the moment the ights go down and they come onstage, it s just epic. So for us to be out there paying in front of their fans and thank goodness for them etting us pay in front of a sodout crowd every night I fee ike we ve made huge eaps and strides as far as studying a headiner and knowing what it means and takes to be a headiner. How did the abum s duet with Jordin Sparks come to be? We wrote this song caed Paying With Fire, me and my dad and Ashey Gorey. We knew we wanted a big femae powerhouse on the song, but we didn t know who. Our abe president, Scott Borchetta, he had just met Jordin and her whoe management team out in L.A. and said she was super nice. So we reached out to her team. They said yes and few to Nashvie, and she was the nicest person in the word and got in there and knocked the song out in, ike, 30 minutes. I didn t know this, but she had aways wanted to make a country record, so I think singing on my record was kind of a bucket-ist thing for her. How about the coaboration with Lunch Money Lewis? Lunch sings this huge song in the hip-hop and pop word caed Bis. I wrote this song caed I Fee Good with two guys in L.A. that work with him pretty reguary. I iteray wrote this song two weeks before the record had to be turned in. Lunch was paying a show in Miami and put down the bridge [to the song] on his bus and sent it back to us, and we decided we wanted it to be on the record. It s pretty coo to have someone ike that a rapper/hip-hop guy that isn t a huge name but somebody I beieve wi be a huge name one day. You ve taked about how your wife, Lauren, needs her own fan cub, and now she s starring in your music video for new singe Die a Happy Man. Why is she so popuar with your fans? She s just a ray of sunshine. Lauren has never met a stranger. There wi be a bunch of girs that come through a meet-and-greet, and they say, I ove your music, but I reay just wanted a picture with your wife, which is pretty hiarious. She s a very happy person, and her energy is amazing around peope she s never met. I think that s why peope gravitate toward her so much.

15 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 15 OF 19 Country Indicator WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist PLAYS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Bue Chair/Coumbia Nashvie HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Kenny Chesney STRIP IT DOWN Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan LOSE MY MIND Atantic/WMN Brett Edredge JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban ANYTHING GOES Repubic Nashvie Forida Georgia Line LET ME SEE YA GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Coe Swinde SMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashvie Carrie Underwood GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Dack Janies/Coumbia Nashvie Chase Rice FLY Dot Maddie & Tae BUY ME A BOAT Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson GONNA Warner Bros./WMN Bake Sheton BREAK UP WITH HIM RCA Nashvie Od Dominion NOTHIN LIKE YOU Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay I M COMIN OVER RCA Nashvie Chris Young TOP OF THE WORLD McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw BURNING HOUSE Arista Nashvie Cam GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow HH Most Increased Pays HH Jason Adean STAY A LITTLE LONGER EMI Nashvie Brothers Osborne DIBS Back River Kesea Baerini LIVE FOREVER Repubic Nashvie The Band Perry ALREADY CALLIN YOU MINE Stoney Creek Parmaee RISER Capito Nashvie Dierks Bentey I GOT THE BOY Eektra Nashvie/WAR Jana Kramer COUNTRY NATION Arista Nashvie Brad Paisey ( AIN T NO) DRUNK DIAL Repubic Nashvie A Thousand Horses WE WENT Stoney Creek Randy Houser RE-ENTRY SOUTHERN STYLE Capito Nashvie Darius Rucker Atantic/WMN Hunter Hayes I LOVE LIFE Reviver LoCash DRINKIN TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM Mercury Nashvie Biy Currington BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL 106 STATIONS Abiene, Texas Abiene, Texas Aexandria, La. Amario, Texas Ashevie, N.C. Atantic City, N.J. Beaumont, Texas Beckey, W. Va. Bioxi, Miss. Boomington, I. Buefied, W. Va. Burington, Vt. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Chareston, W. Va Coege Station, Texas Coumbia, Mo. Coumbus, Ga. Cookevie, Tenn. Dothan, Aa. Duuth, Minn. Eau Caire, Wis. Eizabeth City, N.C. Erie, Pa. Eugene, Ore. Evansvie, Ind. Fargo, N.D. KEAN KEAN KRRV KGNC WKSF WPUR KYKR WJLS WZKX WIBL WHKX WOKO KEZS WKWS WQBE KAGG KCLR WKCN WSTH WGSQ WTVY KKCB WAXX WRSF WTWF KKNU WKDQ KBVB Fayettevie, N.C. Fagstaff, Ariz. Fint, Mich. Forence, Aa. Forence, S.C. Ft. Coins, Coo. Ft. Smith, Ark. Frederick, Md. Fredericksburg, Va. Green Bay, Wis. Hagerstown, Md. Hot Springs, Ark. Huntington, Ky. Huntington, W. Va. Idaho Fas, Idaho Jackson, Miss. Janesvie, Wis. Jonesboro, Ark. Jopin, Mo. Kaamazoo, Mich. Kaispe, Mont. Kingmah, Ariz. Lafayette, Ind. Laredo, Texas Lansing, Mich. WSTH WKML KAFF WFBE WXFL WEGX KUAD KTCS WFRE WFLS WNCY WAYZ KQUS WDGG WTCR KTHK WMSI WUSJ WJVL KDXY KIXQ WNWN KDBR KFLG WKOA KRRG WITL Laure, Miss. Lebanon, N.H. Lincon, Neb Longview, Texas Lubbock, Texas Lufkin, Texas Mason City, Iowa Medford, Ore. Meridian, Miss. Montgomery, Aa. Morgantown, W. Va. Muskegon, Mich. New London, Conn. Odessa, Texas Pam Springs, Caif. Pensacoa, Fa. Peoria, I. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Rapid City, S.D. Rockford, I. Rocky Mount, N.C. Saginaw, Mich. St. Coud, Minn. Saina, Kan. Saisbury, Md. San Angeo, Texas WBBN WXXK KFGE KYKX KLLL KYKS KIAI KRWQ WOKK WLWI WKKW WMUS WCTY KHKX KPLM WXBM WXCL WRWD KOUT WXXQ WDWG WCEN KZPK KYEZ WKTT KGKL San Luis Obispo, Caif. KKJG Santa Barbara, Caif. KRAZ Santa Maria, Caif. KSNI Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Savannah, Ga. WJCL WUBB Shreveport, La. KXKS Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX South Bend, Ind. WBYT Springfied, I. WFMB Springfied, Mo. KTTS Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Topeka, Kan. WIBW Traverse City, Mich. WTCM Tupeo, Miss. WWZD Utica, N.Y. WFRG Victor Vaey, CA. KATJ Waco, Texas WACO Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Wheeing, W. Va. WOVK Wiiamsport, Pa. WILQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Youngstown, Ohio WQXK WWGY Westwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Music Choice TODAY S COUNTRY Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY

16 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 16 OF 19 Country Indicator WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist PLAYS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ BLUE BANDANA Sea Gaye/Arista Nashvie Jerrod Niemann SMOKIN AND DRINKIN RCA Nashvie Miranda Lambert Feat. Litte Big Town THAT DON T SOUND LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice PAIN KILLER Capito Litte Big Town YUP Mercury Easton Corbin BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN MCA Nashvie Sam Hunt YOU PART 2 Big Spark Oivia Lane SHINE A LITTLE LOVE Bue Light Brian Coins LITTLE BIT OF YOU Red Bow Chase Bryant I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Big Machine Rasca Fatts NIGHT S ON FIRE MCA Nashvie David Nai JIM AND JACK AND HANK ACR/EMI Nashvie Aan Jackson MOVE ON MCA Nashvie Care Dunn STONE COLD SOBER Vaory Brantey Gibert GREAT MINDS DRINK ALIKE MRG Rick Monroe BEAUTIFUL DRUG Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Repubic Zac Brown Band NEW COLD BEER CONVERSATION MCA Nashvie HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH George Strait AIN T NO TRUCKS IN TEXAS Nash Icon/Vaory Ronnie Dunn TOMORROW TONIGHT Red Bow Craig Campbe HEAD OVER BOOTS Capito Nashvie Jon Pardi SOUTHERN BELLE 19/Interscope/Mercury Scotty McCreery NEW DIE A HAPPY MAN Vaory Thomas Rhett SUMMER GIRLS Supergroup/Nine North/Turnpike/Edgehi Music Nashvie Boone BETTER IN BOOTS Coumbia Nashvie Tyer Farr HOLE IN A BOTTLE Mercury Canaan Smith DIME STORE COWGIRL Mercury Nashvie Kacey Musgraves CRAZY ENOUGH Wiing Nashvie Bobby Wis NEW REAL MEN LOVE JESUS Atantic/WEA Michae Ray I M MAKING MINE GTR Erica Nicoe ME AND JOHNNY CASH Cinge/Star Farm Nashvie Rainey Quaey RANKINGS Country Airpay is ranked by tota audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airpay of 150 stations by Niesen BDS. Audience totas on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under icense 2015, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabuated using reported payists and Niesen BDS-monitored airpay at 106 stations, ranked by tota pays. BULLETS Awarded on Country Airpay to tites gaining audience or remaining fat from the previous week. A song wi aso receive a buet if its percentage oss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored station downtime for the format. Tites that decine in audience but increase in detections wi aso receive a buet if the tota audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Buets are awarded on Country Indicator to tites gaining pays or remaining fat from the previous week. TIES On Country Airpay, if two songs are tied in tota audience, the song with the arger increase in audience is paced first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in tota pays, the song with the arger increase in pays is paced first. RECURRENTS On Country Airpay, descending tites beow No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they are not sti CHARTS LEGEND gaining enough audience points to buet or if they rank beow No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bueted) audience decine, regardess of tota chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bueted tites beow No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decine in pays after 10 weeks. HOT SHOT DEBUT Awarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airpay and Country Indicator, respectivey. MOST ADDED The tota number of new adds officiay reported to Biboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshod (seven pays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Niesen BDS) for stations that do not report adds. MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ PLAYS Most Increased Audience on Country Airpay and Most Increased Pays on Country Indicator ist the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in tota audience or pays, respectivey. AIRPOWER Awarded on Country Airpay to tites ranking inside top 20 in pays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both pays and audience. BREAKER Awarded on Country Airpay to tites achieving airpay (at east one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time Prometheus Goba Media, LLC

17 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airpay Index TITLE Pubishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position 21 EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Didn t Have To Be Music Pubishing, ASCAP/ Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atas Music Pubishing, ASCAP/Ogden Avenue Pubishing, BMI/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI (D.Davidson, K.Loveace, A.Gorey, H.Hayes) 25 A AIN T NO TRUCKS IN TEXAS Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Fonde Moutian Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Casa Jaco Music, BMI/Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP/Team Thrash, ASCAP (W.Mobey, T.Martin, N.Thrasher) 44 ALREADY CALLIN YOU MINE Music, BMI/Revery Music, BMI/Gao And Landers Music LLC, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/ HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/ Stee Whees Music, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (M. Thomas, S.Thomas, B.Knox, P.O Donne, W.Kirby) 20 ANYTHING GOES Rusty Muffer Songs, ASCAP/Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Pay Anima, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP/Round Hi Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (F.McTeigue, C.G.Tompkins, C.Wiseman) 5 B BACKROAD SONG Cimbing Windmis, BMI/House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP (G.Smith, F.Rogers) 45 BAD FOR YOU Raincreek Pubishing, ASCAP/C.R. Cooper Pubishing, ASCAP/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP (G.Birge, C.Cooper, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 59 BEAUTIFUL DRUG Day For The Dead Pubishing, SESAC/ Southern Ground, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC (Z.Brown, N.Moon) 43 BETTER IN BOOTS Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/This Is Magic Mustang Music, ASCAP/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of Patinum Pen, SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC (J.Wison, D.Pittenger, N.Cooke) 55 BLUE BANDANA Go For The Godsmith, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP/CearBox Rights, ASCAP/Living Wis, BMI/Sony/ ATV Countryside, BMI (B.Godsmith, C.J. Soar, A.S.Wis) 36 BOY & A GIRL THING Mike Curb Music, BMI/She s My Darin Music, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP (M.Pitney, D.Sampson) 47 BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mues Music, ASCAP/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Pubishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (S. Hunt, Z.Crowe, S.McAnay) 31 BREAK UP WITH HIM Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Cahoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ Wrensong Pubishing Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Dea, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/Sharkues Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, G.Sprung, W.Seers) 6 BURNING HOUSE Marveous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year Yesterday Pubishing, BMI/Jeff Bhasker Pubishing Designee, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Way Above Music, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson, J.Bhasker) 17 BUY ME A BOAT Buckkia Music, BMI/Red Viny Music, Inc., BMI/ House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP (C.Janson, C.DuBois) 9 C COLD BEER CONVERSATION Internationa Dog Music, BMI/Bucked Up Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Tar-Cam-Knox Music, ASCAP/Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/ Great Day At This Music, BMI/Beatyvie Music, BMI (A.Anderson, B.Haysip, J.Yeary) 35 COUNTRY NATION House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP/ Making The Turn Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI (B.Paisey, C.DuBois, K.Loveace) 26 D DIBS Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/DHM Administration, ASCAP/Nyssa Music, ASCAP/Jason Duke Music, ASCAP (K.Baerini, J.Kerr, R.Griffin, J.Duke) 22 DIE A HAPPY MAN EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Pubishing, BMI/Music Of Big Dea, BMI/Nice Life, BMI/Frederic And Reid Music, BMI/BMG Patinum Songs, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.Dougas, J.Spargur) 41 DRINKIN TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Line In The Sand, BMI/Taste Of Crow Music, BMI/Your Ears Wi Never Go Hungry, BMI/ Archenand Music, BMI/Gypsy Gir Music, BMI (A.Henningsen, B.Henningsen, C.Henningsen, E.McDavid Ekins, V.A.Oivarez) 38 F FLY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Not Your Average Gir Music, ASCAP/Siva Tone Music, ASCAP (M.Marow, T.Dye, T.Vartanyan) 11 G GONNA Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/ Twangin And Sangin Songs, BMI/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (L. Laird, C.Wiseman) 13 GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/Music Of Big Dea, BMI/Staefish Music, BMI/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP (B. Beavers, Brett James) 15 GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary Aien Pubishing, ASCAP (S.McAnay, J.M.Nite, J.Robbins) 8 HOLE IN A BOTTLE BMG God Songs, ASCAP/Skinny Fat Nashvie Music, BMI/BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Dea, BMI/ Staefish Music, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI (C.Smith, B.Beavers, D.Couch) 53 H HONEY, I M GOOD. Ladder Sou Music, BMI/S-Curve Songs Wordwide, BMI/Chrysais Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Noan W. Sipe Music, ASACP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP (A.Grammer, N.W.Sipe) 49 I AM INVINCIBLE Brett Boyett Music, BMI/Harmony - HLO Music, BMI/Nashty Music, BMI/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI (B.Boyett, N.Overstreet) 56 I GOT THE BOY Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/ Nichos Boys Music, BMI/Made For This Music, BMI/A For This Music, BMI/ Sweet Jamie Music, Inc., BMI (T.Nichos, C.Harrington, J.L.Spears) 24 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP (M.Trainor, J.Frasure, S.Mooney) 37 I LOVE LIFE Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Red Viny Music, Inc., BMI/Round Hi Works, BMI (D.Myrick, C.Janson, C.Lucas, P.Brust) 23 I M COMIN OVER EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hote, ASCAP/ EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 14 I I MET A GIRL ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mues Music, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (T. Rosen, S.Hunt, S.McAnay) 60 J JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Smack Hits, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/ Songs By Red Room, BMI/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (S.McAnay, R.Copperman, J.Osborne) 2 L LET ME SEE YA GIRL Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/243 Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Pubishing, ASCAP (C.Swinde, M.Carter, J.Stevens) 10 LITTLE BIT OF YOU Orbison Music, LLC, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/ Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP (C. Bryant, D.George, A.Gorey) 29 LIVE FOREVER Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Songs Of RedOne, BMI/Songs By Team Red, SESAC/Lionheart Music Group, SESAC/Sony/ ATV Countryside, BMI/Pearfeather Pubishing, BMI/When I Go To The Moon Music, BMI/Famdamiy Music, BMI/SONGS Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP (N.Khayat, C.J.Harris, Jr., K.Perry, R.Perry, N.Perry, J.Andrews, K.O.Kjehom) 27 LOSE MY MIND Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Universa Music Itaia, sr/kier Tracks, BMI/Warner/ Chappe Music Pubishing Ltd., PRS/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/BMG Chrysais Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (B.Edredge, H.Morgan, R.Copperman, B.Burton, T.D.Caaway, G.F.Reverberi, G.P.Reverberi) 3 M MOVE ON BMG God Songs, ASCAP/Leer Jet 87 Pubishing, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Teemitry Productions, BMI (C.Dunn, J.Frasure) 58 N NIGHT S ON FIRE Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP (J.Singeton, D.Ruttan) 50 NOTHIN LIKE YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/Highy Combustibe Music, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Gider Music, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, A.Gorey, C. DeStefano) 12 PAIN KILLER Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Litte Big Town, BMI/Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, BMI/Interna Combustion Music, BMI/Kickin Grids Music, BMI/HiarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Chrysais Music, ASCAP (K.Fairchid, J.Westbrook, B.Day, H.Lindsey) 46 P R REAL LIFE EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/ Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, A.Gorey, S.McAnay, J.Osborne) 18 REAL MEN LOVE JESUS EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/ Sagequinnjude Music, BMI/Famove Songs, BMI (B.Warren, B.Warren, L.Mier, A.Sanders) 48 RISER Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/Nan Jam Music Pubishing, BMI/She And I, LLC, BMI/It s Kier Music, BMI (S. Moaker, T.Meadows) 32 ROLLER COASTER RIDE Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Bug Music, Inc., BMI/Mammaw s Cornbread Music, BMI/Litte Louder Songs, BMi/oe, BMI/Purpe Cape Music, BMI (E. Church, J.Hyde, R.Tynde) 54 RUN AWAY WITH YOU J Money Music, ASCAP/Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI (J.D.Rich, Michae Ray) 21 S SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/ Endorffin Music, BMI/Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Cahoun Enterprises, ASCAP/ Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Dea, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (A.Dorff, M.Ramsey, B.Tursi) 1 SMOKE BREAK Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/HiarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG God Songs, ASCAP (C. Underwood, C. DeStefano, H.Lindsey) 7 SOUTHERN BELLE BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/Gravity Gone Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Litte Beuga Music, BMI (J.Saenz, S.McConne) 57 SOUTHERN STYLE Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Cadaja Pubishing, ASCAP/Memphianna, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/T-Bird s Music, BMI (D.Rucker, R.Rutherford, T.James) 33 STAY A LITTLE LONGER WB Music Corp., ASCAP/A The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, S.McAnay) 19 STONE COLD SOBER Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/ Indiana Ange Music, BMI/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atas Music Pubishing, ASCAP/Yawyer Three Music, ASCAP (B.Gibert, Brett James, D.Layus) 52 STRIP IT DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Peanut Mi Songs, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI (L.Bryan, J.M.Nite, R.Copperman) 4 T THAT DON T SOUND LIKE YOU Mike Curb Music, BMI/ EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, R.Akins, A.Gorey) 34 ( AIN T NO) DRUNK DIAL Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Caroina June Pubishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Crowder Tayor Pubishing, BMI/ Nettwerk One Music, BMI/Revery Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI/ Nettwerk One Music Limited Canada, SOCAN/Cae Dodds Pubishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Hobby, C.Crowder, N.Mason, C.Dodds) 30 TOMORROW TONIGHT Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Skabetti Bow Of Songs, SESAC/ Nineteen64 Music, BMI (C.Campbe, J.Wison, V.McGehee) 42 TOP OF THE WORLD Extraordinary Aien Pubishing, ASCAP/ Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Robbins, J.M.Nite, J.Osborne) 16 UNTIL THEY DON T LOVE YOU Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/ Hoodie Songs, BMI/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP (S.McAnay, L.McKenna, J.Osborne) 51 U W WE WENT Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/oe Canaco Pubishing, ASCAP/Oe Oe, ASCAP/Songs Of Razor And Tie Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP (J.Wison, M.Rogers, J.King) 28 WHITE LIGHTNING Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP (J.Johnston) 40 Y YUP Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Code Six Chares Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Round Hi Works, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (S.Minor, P.O Donne, W.Kirby) 39

18 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index TITLE Pubishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position 21 EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Didn t Have To Be Music Pubishing, ASCAP/ Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atas Music Pubishing, ASCAP/Ogden Avenue Pubishing, BMI/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI (D.Davidson, K.Loveace, A.Gorey, H.Hayes) 29 A ALREADY CALLIN YOU MINE Music, BMI/Revery Music, BMI/Gao And Landers Music LLC, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/Stee Whees Music, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (M.Thomas, S.Thomas, B.Knox, P.O Donne, W.Kirby) 27 ANYTHING GOES Rusty Muffer Songs, ASCAP/Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Pay Anima, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP/Round Hi Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (F. McTeigue, C.G.Tompkins, C.Wiseman) 11 B BEAUTIFUL DRUG Day For The Dead Pubishing, SESAC/Southern Ground, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC (Z.Brown, N.Moon) 48 BLUE BANDANA Go For The Godsmith, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP/CearBox Rights, ASCAP/Living Wis, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (B.Godsmith, C.J. Soar, A.S.Wis) 41 BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mues Music, ASCAP/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/ Who Wants To Buy My Pubishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (S.Hunt, Z.Crowe, S.McAnay) 25 BREAK UP WITH HIM Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Cahoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/ ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Wrensong Pubishing Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Dea, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/Sharkues Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, G.Sprung, W.Seers) 9 BURNING HOUSE Marveous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year Yesterday Pubishing, BMI/Jeff Bhasker Pubishing Designee, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Way Above Music, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson, J.Bhasker) 10 BUY ME A BOAT Buckkia Music, BMI/Red Viny Music, Inc., BMI/House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP (C.Janson, C.DuBois) 6 C COUNTRY NATION House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP/Making The Turn Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI (B.Paisey, C.DuBois, K.Loveace) 34 CRASH AND BURN Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Frasure, C.Stapeton) 7 D DIBS Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/DHM Administration, ASCAP/Nyssa Music, ASCAP/Jason Duke Music, ASCAP (K.Baerini, J.Kerr, R.Griffin, J.Duke) 26 DIE A HAPPY MAN EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Pubishing, BMI/Music Of Big Dea, BMI/Nice Life, BMI/ Frederic And Reid Music, BMI/BMG Patinum Songs, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.Dougas, J.Spargur) 17 DRINKIN TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Line In The Sand, BMI/Taste Of Crow Music, BMI/Your Ears Wi Never Go Hungry, BMI/Archenand Music, BMI/Gypsy Gir Music, BMI (A.Henningsen, B.Henningsen, C.Henningsen, E.McDavid Ekins, V.A.Oivarez) 44 F FREAKS LIKE ME New House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP/Vesta Boy Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Dixey Bar Music, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI (L.Hutton, M.Criswe, J.Thompson) 49 G GONNA Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Twangin And Sangin Songs, BMI/ Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (L.Laird, C.Wiseman) 16 GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/ Music Of Big Dea, BMI/Staefish Music, BMI/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP (B.Beavers, Brett James) 24 GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/ Extraordinary Aien Pubishing, ASCAP (S.McAnay, J.M.Nite, J.Robbins) 15 H HOUSE PARTY Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Sam Hunt Pubishing, ASCAP/Three Mues Music, ASCAP/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/ Who Wants To Buy My Pubishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP (S.Hunt, Z.Crowe, J.Fowers) 3 I I GOT THE BOY Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Nichos Boys Music, BMI/Made For This Music, BMI/A For This Music, BMI/Sweet Jamie Music, Inc., BMI (T.Nichos, C.Harrington, J.L.Spears) 22 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP (M.Trainor, J.Frasure, S.Mooney) 45 I LOVE LIFE Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Red Viny Music, Inc., BMI/Round Hi Works, BMI (D.Myrick, C.Janson, C.Lucas, P.Brust) 30 I M COMIN OVER EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hote, ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 12 J JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Smack Hits, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (S.McAnay, R.Copperman, J.Osborne) 2 L LET IT GO Day Money Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Living For The Night Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Pioneer Town Songs, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait, K.Gattis) 47 LET ME SEE YA GIRL Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/243 Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Pubishing, ASCAP (C.Swinde, M.Carter, J.Stevens) 13 LITTLE BIT OF YOU Orbison Music, LLC, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP (C. Bryant, D.George, A.Gorey) 36 LIVE FOREVER Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/ Songs Of RedOne, BMI/Songs By Team Red, SESAC/ Lionheart Music Group, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Pearfeather Pubishing, BMI/When I Go To The Moon Music, BMI/Famdamiy Music, BMI/SONGS Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP (N.Khayat, C.J.Harris, Jr., K.Perry, R.Perry, N.Perry, J.Andrews, K.O.Kjehom) 31 LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Beards And Buets Music, ASCAP/30A Getaway Songs, ASCAP/ Hobbs Hi Pubishing, SESAC/Goba Dog Music, ASCAP/Book Of Spes, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (D.Haywood, C.Keey, H.Scott, J.Kear) 23 LOSE MY MIND Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Universa Music Itaia, sr/kier Tracks, BMI/Warner/Chappe Music Pubishing Ltd., PRS/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/BMG Chrysais Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (B.Edredge, H.Morgan, R.Copperman, B.Burton, T.D.Caaway, G.F.Reverberi, G.P.Reverberi) 4 LOVING YOU EASY Day For The Dead Pubishing, SESAC/Southern Ground, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Cash Box Music, BMI (Z.Brown, N.Moon, A.Anderson) 21 NEXT BOYFRIEND Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Lyas Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/Matt McVaney Pubishing Designee, ASCAP (L.Aaina, E.Weisband, M.McVaney) 39 NOTHIN LIKE YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/ Highy Combustibe Music, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Gider Music, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, A.Gorey, C. DeStefano) 14 N R REAL LIFE EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (R. Copperman, A.Gorey, S.McAnay, J.Osborne) 18 RISER Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/Nan Jam Music Pubishing, BMI/She And I, LLC, BMI/It s Kier Music, BMI (S.Moaker, T.Meadows) 35 RUN AWAY WITH YOU J Money Music, ASCAP/Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., ASCAP/ Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI (J.D.Rich, Michae Ray) 28 S SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Endorffin Music, BMI/Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Cahoun Enterprises, ASCAP/ Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Dea, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (A.Dorff, M.Ramsey, B.Tursi) 5 SMOKE BREAK Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/HiarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/ BMG God Songs, ASCAP (C.Underwood, C. DeStefano, H.Lindsey) 8 SMOKIN AND DRINKIN EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Wruckestrike, BMI/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Twangin And Sangin Songs, BMI/Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (N.Hemby, L.Laird, S.McAnay) 37 SOUTHERN STYLE Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Cadaja Pubishing, ASCAP/ Memphianna, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/T-Bird s Music, BMI (D.Rucker, R.Rutherford, T.James) 38 SPEAKERS Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/ Three Mues Music, ASCAP/BMG God Songs, ASCAP/ We Jam Writers Group, ASCAP/BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/Sheia Be Right Music, BMI/Jam Writers Group, BMI (S.Hunt, B.Hood, K.Sackey) 50 STAY A LITTLE LONGER WB Music Corp., ASCAP/A The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, S.McAnay) 19 STRIP IT DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Peanut Mi Songs, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI (L.Bryan, J.M.Nite, R.Copperman) 1 T THAT DON T SOUND LIKE YOU Mike Curb Music, BMI/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/ Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/ Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, R.Akins, A.Gorey) 33 ( AIN T NO) DRUNK DIAL Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Caroina June Pubishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Crowder Tayor Pubishing, BMI/ Nettwerk One Music, BMI/Revery Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI/Nettwerk One Music Limited Canada, SOCAN/Cae Dodds Pubishing, ASCAP/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Hobby, C.Crowder, N.Mason, C.Dodds) 40 TOP OF THE WORLD Extraordinary Aien Pubishing, ASCAP/Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Robbins, J.M.Nite, J.Osborne) 20 T-SHIRT Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atas Music Pubishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Universa Music Corporation, ASCAP/ Smack Ink, ASCAP (A.Gorey, L.Laird, S.McAnay) 43 W WE WENT Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/oe Canaco Pubishing, ASCAP/Oe Oe, ASCAP/Songs Of Razor And Tie Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP (J. Wison, M.Rogers, J.King) 32 WHITE LIGHTNING Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP (J.Johnston) 42 Y YUP Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Code Six Chares Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/ Round Hi Works, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (S.Minor, P.O Donne, W.Kirby) 46

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